CVE-2008-4933 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-4933?

CVE-2008-4933 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4933?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4933?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-4933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-73h9-j93h-7gxr.